---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 63.43"
title: "10"
number: "63.43"
heading: "License specification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/63.43"
---

# §63.43. License specification.

- (a) A license issued under this part includes license conditions derived from the analyses and evaluations included in the application, including amendments made before a license is issued, together with any additional conditions the Commission finds appropriate.
- (b) **License conditions include items in the following categories—**
  - (1) **Restrictions as to the physical and chemical form and radioisotopic content of radioactive waste.**
  - (2) Restrictions as to size, shape, and materials and methods of construction of radioactive waste packaging.
  - (3) Restrictions as to the amount of waste permitted per unit volume of storage space, considering the physical characteristics of both the waste and the host rock.
  - (4) Requirements relating to test, calibration, or inspection, to assure that the foregoing restrictions are observed.
  - (5) Controls to be applied to restrict access and to avoid disturbance to the site and to areas outside the site where conditions may affect compliance with §§ [63.111](/cfr/10/63.111.md) and [63.113](/cfr/10/63.113.md).
  - (6) Administrative controls, which are the provisions relating to organization and management, procedures, recordkeeping, review and audit, and reporting necessary to assure that activities at the facility are conducted in a safe manner and in conformity with the other license specifications.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 51, 53, 62, 63, 65, 81, 161, 182, 183, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); 42 U.S.C. 2021a; National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 114, 117, 121 (42 U.S.C. 10134, 10137, 10141); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 55792, Nov. 2, 2001, unless otherwise noted.